REFLUX

My LO had reflux until 6 months old. She was on formula and prescribed gaviscon. I was advised by our paediatrician to start weaning at 4 months and by 6 months old the reflux went! During the 6 months I did everything else advised, fed her at an angle, left her up right for 20 mins after a feed. None of those things helped! X

Is he in pain? My little boy is on omeprazole and has had some investigations done but his reflux is very severe (he didn’t gain weight for months, would scream in pain all night and would vomit blood). If it is just reflux without pain I would have just waited for him to outgrow it without medication, as annoying as all the clothes changes were! Once they wean and start moving around that usually helps

exactly. I do all that too. But he drinks too much maybe. Dont know how to stop him tho if he's hungry

he has discomfort. He never vomited tho, just few milk coming out every now then but the reflux is there all the time. We know the sound of it.
He gain 2kg in 5 weeks só maybe he does drink a bit much

I hold baby for 30 minutes after feeding and throughout feeding I try to slow him down by making him take breaks every few minutes if jt seems like he’s eating too fast or if I notice my letdown is a lot.

My little buy was terrible with it, on omeprazole and gaviscon, we tried all positions and tips and tricks the only thing that helped was weaning at 4 months old under the Dr, HV and dieticians advice

Reflux whilst common, isn’t normal. The cause isn’t an always underdeveloped sphincter, or all babies would suffer with reflux. However, there will be a cause and medications just mask the underlying issue. It can be allergies, tension, position during feeding, baby taking too much food, air intake, tension and/or an oral restriction such as tongue tie.

My baby had bad colic and reflux until her tongue tie was cut, I’m pretty sure that was the cause. Her feeding had seemed fine, but looking back it’s clear she had been struggling! All got better within days of it being cut.

his tongue is fine tho😔

Try Express pumping, put breast milk in a bottle with a ss size teet bottle top (small bottle teet)

Then take breaks with the feed , every 30 mls lean baby forward for a burb

Then after feed I sit baby up for 30 minutes, then I put baby in feed pillow , feed pillow has been a life saver as head still slightly elevated, then when baby falls asleep 😴 then I put her in her bed.

I know it's not the same but hear me out. Mine was breast fed but I couldn't keep up the milk supply so had to go to formula. Well she had bad reflux to it and was throwing up every bottle she drank and was always crying because she never could keep it down. Turned out she had a milk sensitivity. Switched and she's better. Not saying that's what your little one is having happen to him but maybe that could be the issue.

My girl has it bad they tried gaviscon, didn’t work so they tried both gaviscon and omeprazole together, didn’t work. We put her on sma anti reflux milk and omeprazole and she seems to be getting better